# Miljenko Rak

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**Miljenko Rak** (born 20 September 1947) is a Croatian former long-jumper and fitness trainer. He had worked as the trainer with Olympic gold medal-winning skier, [Janica Kostelić](/source/Janica_Kosteli%C4%87), and football manager, [Slaven Bilić](/source/Slaven_Bili%C4%87). He is currently fitness coach in [Dinamo Zagreb](/source/GNK_Dinamo_Zagreb) and the [Croatia men's national handball team](/source/Croatia_men's_national_handball_team).[1]

Rak was the fitness coach for the Croatia national handball team that won the gold medal at the [2004 Summer Olympics](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics) in [Athens](/source/Athens).[2]

Having studied for a degree is physical education at [University of Novi Sad](/source/University_of_Novi_Sad),[1] competing for [SFR Yugoslavia](/source/SFR_Yugoslavia), as a long-jumper he took part in the [1967 Mediterranean Games](/source/1967_Mediterranean_Games) in Tunis winning the gold medal with a jump of 7.53 metres (24 ft 8 in). Four years later in the [1971 Mediterranean Games](/source/1971_Mediterranean_Games) he won the silver medal with a jump of 7.78 metres (25 ft 6 in), and in the [1979 Mediterranean Games](/source/1979_Mediterranean_Games) in [Split](/source/Split,_Croatia) he won the bronze medal with a jump of 7.62 metres (25 ft 0 in).[3]

Rak worked as a coach in [Osijek](/source/Osijek) training athletes such as 800-metre runner [Slobodanka Čolović](/source/Slobodanka_%C4%8Colovi%C4%87)[4] and long-jumper [Siniša Ergotić](/source/Sini%C5%A1a_Ergoti%C4%87).[5]

Rak started as a footballing fitness coach with [Dinamo Zagreb](/source/GNK_Dinamo_Zagreb), after that he joined Slaven Bilić with the [Croatia national football team](/source/Croatia_national_football_team). He followed Bilić to work with [Lokomotiv Moscow](/source/Lokomotiv_Moscow), [Beşiktaş](/source/Be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F_J.K.) and [West Ham United](/source/West_Ham_United_F.C.).[1] He left West Ham along with Bilić's other coaching staff when the manager was sacked on 6 November 2017.[6]

In 2020, Rak joined the Croatia national handball team as the fitness coach again.[7][8]

## References

1. ["Bilic bolsters backroom team"](http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/August/6-August/Bilic-bolsters-backroom-team). www.whufc.com. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

1. ["Do zlata s osam do osam"](http://www.vecernji.hr/do-zlata-s-osam-od-osam-801841). [vecernji.hr](/source/Ve%C4%8Dernji_list). 19 December 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

1. ["Mediterranean Games"](http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm). www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

1. ["Slobodanka Colovic atletska senzacija iz Osijeka:"](http://www.yugopapir.com/2015/06/slobodanka-colovic-atletska-senzacija.html) (in Croatian). www.yugopapir.com. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

1. ["Mršavko koji daleko leti"](http://www.vecernji.hr/mrsavko-koji-daleko-leti-721168) (in Croatian). www.vecernji.hr. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

1. ["Slaven Bilic: West Ham sack manager with team in the relegation zone"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41702779). BBC Sport. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

1. Grgić, Eva (26 January 2020). ["Kajba poklonio svoju medalju: 'Ovome čovjeku dao bih sve!'"](https://www.24sata.hr/sport/kajba-poklonio-svoju-medalju-ovome-covjeku-dao-bih-sve-672509) (in Croatian). *[24sata](/source/24sata_(Croatia))*. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

1. ["Kauboji počeli pripreme za Svjetsko prvenstvo: Evo kakva je situacija i tko je sve na popisu"](https://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/rubrika/ostali_sportovi/kauboji-poceli-s-pripremama-za-svjetsko-rukometno-prvenstvo-2021-evo-tko-je-sve-na-popisu---633704.html) (in Croatian). *Gol.hr*. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

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